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What does regular mean?

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Adjective
  1. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]
  2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]
  3. (polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]
  4. (polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
  5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]
  6. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). [from 16th c.]
  7. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]
  8. (grammar) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]
  9. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
  10. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
  11. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]
  12. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. [from 18th c.]
  13. (botany) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
  14. (crystallography) isometric
  15. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
  16. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
Adverb
  1. (archaic, Britain, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis.
Noun
  1. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
  2. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
  3. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
  4. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
  5. Anything that is normal or standard.
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